Following on from the release of his debut single ‘Hill’s Hoist’, Nick Reid aka Kitsch Kitchen has returned today with ‘Motionless’, taking us further down the rabbit hole of his colourful, shapeshifting sound. Released in late 2020, ‘Hill’s Hoist’ seemed timely, buoyed by a sense of vivid escapism in its tangle of woozy synths and immersive electronics, but with another 12 months been and gone, ‘Motionless’ manages to evoke the contradictory calm and turbulence that we’re now accustomed to over the past few years.

After opening with a warping synthesiser, ‘Motionless’ slowly settles into a gooey groove, built around the soft hum of a keyboard over a simmering beat. With its down-tempo lilt, we’re lulled into a trance which is enhanced by buttery saxophone lines that weave in and out between the occasional frantic blip from a synth. I’m sure Nick wasn’t intending for use his solo project to make music exclusively suited to a pandemic, but ‘Motionless’ captures a sense of languidness so perfectly that it’s almost impossible to deny; even as it’s most climactic moments, when the layers begin to amount or the sax begins to squeal, the track embodies a cool sense of restrain that makes the entire listen all the more blissful.

Speaking about the song’s creation, Nick shared with us “everything stopped for a moment, for better or worse, and this allowed me to sit with my ideas. I wasn’t able to tour or play shows anymore, but I could write and send my ideas to friends with their own home setups. In a way, this single and EP were a way to connect despite the barriers.”